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Flooding expected. Take action now.
River levels have risen at the Denton Holme river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property, low lying roads and farmland is expected this evening and overnight. Areas at risk are Devonshire Walk, West Coast Mainline, Bitts Park, Cricket Club and The Sheepmount.
We expect river levels to remain high this evening and overnight.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff have closed flood defences.
Please avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses.
This message will be updated in 8 hours, or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 9:33pm, Saturday 15th February 2020.
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River Eden and Caldew at Carlisle, Devonshire Walk and West Coast Mainline, Bitts Park, Cricket Club, Sheepmount
Region: Cumbria and Lancashire
Country: England
Counties covered: Cumberland
Watercourses covered: River Eden
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for River Eden and Caldew at Carlisle, Devonshire Walk, West Coast Mainline, Bitts Park, Cricket Club.
Note: the area shown on the map is the area covered by flood alerts and warnings. It is not a live map of current flooding. The area covered broadly equates to the area where the risk of flooding in any year is greater than 1% (the "hundred year" flood risk).
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